Corset.



PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904- T. H. BAKER.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 9, 1904;;

TRION HORACE BAKER, OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,030, dated August 9, 1904..

Application filed January 28,1902. Serial No. 191,027. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TRION HonAcn BAKER, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Belvoir street, Leicester, in the county of Leicester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corsets and the like constructed in two or more sections.

Corsets when new are frequently left loosely laced at the back sections until they have conformed to the shape of the wearers waist, and the loose lacing has the eflect of leaving an opening or openings from top to bottom of the corset, through which the cold passes, thereby often resulting in discomfort to the wearer. An obvious protective is generally adopted by the wearer temporarily placing over the said opening a loose piece of fabric to protect the same. To overcome the disadvantage above named, the adjacent edges of each section of the corset are preferably formed in such a manner that they may be pulled apart a predetermined distance without breaking the continuity of covering-surface at that part or causing an opening between the sections such as hereinbefore referred to.

The invention consists, essentially, in forming the aforesaid adjacent edges of each section with a series of tongues or the like having a series of openings between the tongues on the edge of one section of the corset being arranged opposite to and adapted to be inserted within the spaces inthe opposing edge of the adjacent section of the corset.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an inside view of a twosection corset constructed according tothis invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line a b of Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 a broken view showing the two sections of the corset separated.

Like numerals refer to similar partsthroughout the drawings.

The adjacent edges 3 3 where the two sections 2 2 of the corset are connected together at the back are formed with in process of manufacture or have attached thereto a series of projecting tongues 41 or equivalents of' any suitable materlal having spaces 5 between. The two sets of tongues 4L 4-one on each said edge 3-are so arranged as to engage in the said spaces 5 5 in the opposing edges of such sections. The edges 3 3 may be connected together in any suitable manner and, as shown, may be laced, in which case the extremity or tip and the root of each tongue 4. are preferably provided with lace-holes 6, through which the lace 7 passes. Lace-holes 6 are also formed in the body part of the two sections of the corset opposite each space 5 and at a minimum distance from the edge 3 equal to the length of the tongues, so that upon the two sections of the corset being drawn together by the aforesaid lace 7 the tendency of the tongues to ruck up and cause discomfort is prevented thereby.

It will be obvious that corsets constructed according to this invention may have their two or more sections drawn apart a certain distance, depending upon the length of the tongues 4:, without in any way breaking the continuity of covering-surface at the back of the corset. It will also be clear that upon the said sections of the corset being drawn together again by the aid of laces 7 or the like the said tongues I are prevented from sticking up and causing discomfort by the fact of the said laces passing through an eyelet in the tip and root of each tongue and in the body part of the corset-section, as aforesaid.

What I claim, then, is-

1. In a corset formed in sections, a series of tongues formed on the adjacent edges of the sections having spaces therebetween, each tongue having eyelet-holes at the end and base thereof; and a lace passing through said holes and through holes formed in the body of the corset opposite each of the said spaces, substantially as described.

2. A corset formed in sections, the meeting edges of which are provided with eyelet-holes and a lace passing through such holes and a series of tongues with spaces therebetween the free ends of the tongues on one section passing into the spaces between the tongues on the opposite section and beyond the rear edge of the spaces so as to cover the gap which would otherwise be left between the opposite each of the said spaces substantially IO two meeting edges of the corset when the as described.

latter is loosely laced. In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturei 3. In a corset formed in sections the cornpresence of two witnesses. 5 bination with the adjacent edges of such sections of a series of tongues having spaces be- TRION HORACE BAKER tween, each tongue having eyelet-holes, of a WVitnesses: lace passing through said holes and through E. N. LEWIS,

other holes formed in the body of the corset 1 WVALTER WV. BALL. 

